On some semilattice structures for production technologies

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 740-749

  Briec, Walter ^a   Liang, Qi Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

B convex sets; DEA; FDH; Inverse B convexity; Non parametric production technology; Semilattice

Indexed keywords

B-CONVEX SETS; DEA; FDH; INVERSE B-CONVEXITY; NON-PARAMETRIC; SEMILATTICE;

SET THEORY;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80052267226     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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